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Indian-origin Dr. Leo Varadkar to return as Ireland PM for second term
December 17, 2022 10:34 am
Leo Varadkar will become Ireland’s prime minister for a second time this weekend under a coalition deal struck after the 2020 election.
Ireland's PM Dr Leo Varadkar to work as doctor during coronavirus crisis
April 07, 2020 5:42 pm
Leo Varadkar worked as a doctor for seven years before leaving the profession to become a politician and was removed from the medical register in 2013.
Trump takes to 'namaste' amid COVID-19 pandemic, says India ahead of curve
March 13, 2020 9:52 am
US President Donald Trump and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who is of Indian-origin, greeted each other with the traditional Indian gesture of namaste at the White House Thursday.
Explained: The implications of the Irish election result
February 13, 2020 12:39 pm
The Sinn Fein, a left-wing nationalist party, delivered its best-ever performance in the national polls, upsetting the two dominant centre-right parties
Irish election produces an earthquake as Sinn Fein tops poll
February 10, 2020 11:05 pm
Ireland is bracing for weeks of political uncertainty after an earth-shaking election that saw the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein win the biggest share of votes.
'Very special moment': Ireland PM Leo Varadkar after first visit to ancestral village in Maharashtra
December 30, 2019 4:06 pm
His father Ashok Varadkar, a doctor, moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s. Varadkar, whose mother is Irish, was born in Dublin
As Boris Johnson pursues Brexit, all eyes are on Northern Ireland
September 13, 2019 7:14 am
As Johnson seeks to hammer out a new deal with Europe on Britain’s departure, he is weighing a proposal that would put parts of the Northern Ireland economy into an “all-Ireland” zone, presumably subjecting them to EU rules and standards and thereby preserving the north’s open border with the south.
Brexit: Irish PM says no backstop as bad for Ireland as no deal
June 15, 2019 6:19 pm
Leading contenders in the race to become Britain's next prime minister have called for the controversial clause, designed to avoid a border checks between Ireland and Northern Ireland, to be changed or scrapped.
On Trump’s Ireland visit, talk of Brexit and border walls
June 06, 2019 8:56 am
Varadkar has labored to have cordial relations with Trump, even as he quietly cultivated his predecessor, Barack Obama. On his visit to Washington this year, Varadkar requested a private meeting with Obama, according to The Irish Times.
Irish PM calls for urgent restoration of Northern Ireland government
February 20, 2018 7:43 am
Both the British and Irish governments have said they want to get the talks back on track but neither have suggested when Irish nationalists Sinn Fein and the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) should return to the negotiating table.
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